RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 17, 2013: “You say I started out with practically nothing..."

“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.”

~Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Founder of Ford Motor Company

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 16, 2013: "There are no strangers..."

"There are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet."

~Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna, Born 1934

Australian comedian

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: May 15, 2013: "The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness..."

"The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life."

~Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941

Indian poet

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 14, 2013: "The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being..."

"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration."

~Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973

American author, 1938 Nobel Prize for Literature

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 13, 2013: "Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle..."

"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again."

~Dag Hammerskjold, 1905-1961

Secretary-general of the United Nations

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 12, 2013: "We are not proving ourselves spiritually worthy of our material progress..."

"We are not proving ourselves spiritually worthy of our material progress. We have not been neighborly, courteous, and kind upon the highway. Our lack of decency toward our fellow men is a definite black mark against us."

~Cary T. Grayson

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 10, 2013: "Laughter is a melody, a concert from the heart..."

"Laughter is a melody, a concert from the heart.

A tickling from the angels, creative living art.

Laughter heals and comforts, sometimes gentle-sometimes bold.

Laughter is a healing dance, performed within one's soul."

~Unknown, but greatly appreciated

http://pinterest.com/namanta/laughter-is-a-melody-a-concert-from-the-heart/

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 9, 2013: “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone..."

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

~Buddha

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 8, 2013: "Wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili."

"Wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili." 

~Alleged dying words of Kit Carson, 1809-1868

Frontier and Mountain Man

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 7, 2013: "I want a tricycle, and a dog who won't chew my Hot Wheels..."

"I want a tricycle, and a dog who won't chew my Hot Wheels, and a brighter future for America. I'm Ralph Wiggum, and I've been a good boy."

~Ralph Wiggum
Fictional character, "The Simpsons"

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 6, 2013: "A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed..."

"A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself."

~Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929

French journalist and politician

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 5, 2013: "Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that..."

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

~Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931

Lebanese painter, poet and mystic

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 4, 2013: "It is easy to take liberty for granted..."

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."

~Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 3, 2013: "This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as..."

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

~Elmer Davis

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 2, 2013: "All we have of freedom, all we use or know..."

"All we have of freedom, all we use or know -

This our fathers bought for us long and long ago."

~Rudyard Kipling
The Old Issue, 1899

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 1, 2013: "For what avail the plough or sail..."

"For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?"

~Ralph Waldo Emerson